One Step from the Door

Ji An laid out his other requirements. "The puppets must be able to cast Object Control Art, Minor Cloud and Rain Art, Water Control Art, and Fire Repelling Art. Use Second Order Top-Grade Spirit Wood to refine them.

"I want to commission four such puppets. Does the sect have enough Soul Stones?"

He insisted on using Spirit Wood because it would be easy to repair and replace after wear and tear.

The sect's Spirit Wood resources were more than ten times greater than they had been centuries ago, so materials could easily be sourced locally.

Yang Qingfeng recorded each requirement one by one and nodded.

"The sect has stockpiled a batch of Soul Stones. There will be enough."

High-grade puppets had to possess strong spirituality; otherwise, they were simply unfit for battle.

Once the sect had a Golden Core-level Puppet Master in the future, Soul Stones would inevitably be needed to refine Third Order puppets.

Ji An gave a slight nod. "Make all the puppets humanoid."

Humanoid creatures had two hands and could perform many movements that puppets of other forms could not, such as slaughtering and fully butchering meat.

"Understood."

After pondering for a moment, Yang Qingfeng said,

"Azure Dragon Wood is the timber with the greatest reserves in the sect. Though it is not as hard as other varieties, it is more than sufficient for refining support-type puppets.

"Ancestor, what do you think?"

"That will do."

Ji An nodded in agreement. There was also Azure Dragon Wood in the Gourd World. If the puppets were missing arms or legs in the future, he could choose to replace them with Third Order Spirit Wood.

After the two carefully finalized the details, Ji An spoke again.

"How much will the refinement cost? I'll pay it directly."

He had to be